I would like to mail a coin out using usps stamps and a basic envelope, I would like to use protective coin capsule but I think if I do that, the capsule will break correct? has anyone ever done this?
Mylar holder between two pieces of cereal box . Tape it in the middle.Is what I have done. Most capsules I have got were in brown insulated envelopes.
They key there is to keep the coin in the middle of the envelope (however you choose to do that). I tested a couple of runs with sending pocket change to my dad. I let one coin go, flop around and it never made it. I suspended the others in the middle of the envelope and they rode out just fine. I guess the machine that the envelopes go through hits the top or bottom of the envelope, not the middle. I have sent a quarter, nickel, dime and cent in the same package and have been ok.
When I send a coin in an envelope I put the coin in a 2x2 and sandwich between two envelope-sized thin pieces of cardboard. And tape the holder from sliding around. And I use a manila business envelope; it's a bit sturdier than a white envelope. A flip is as good as a 2x2. But I cover myself by paying the extra cost of having it marked "NON-MACHINABLE". That still keeps the mailing cost below $1 but gives you an extra bit handling security.
Anyone ever put a Safe-T-Mailer in an ordinary envelope? http://www.safetmailer.com/www.safetmailer.com/store/
You can if that’s how you wanted to mail it. That’s really just a better version of the coin between two card board pieces.
I used to carefully open them when I received a coin in the mail and then reuse them when I sold something. Occasionally, I would have to tape them shut. As a bonus, you could cut them in half if you were only sending 1 coin. At most, using it instead of 2 pieces of thin cardboard adds and ounce to the postage costs..
I *always* use the insulated bubble packages when I ship coins. The #000 size will easily hold one or two slabs, or raw coins in a capsule, and it still costs less than $2 to ship most places. I never ship in an envelope. The envelopes go through machines which press them, and I've heard stories of the coins getting squeezed right out of the envelope (the buyer received an empty envelope). Envelopes are assumed to have letters or bills, and are assumed to be flat and bendable. Besides, once you start adding Safe-T mailers and other stuff like that, you increase the weight and bulk, and you can't just put one stamp on there. Spend the extra buck, and ship it in something you know will arrive safely.
Just got a package today with a new one I hadn't seen before: the seller put the (slabbed) coin inside an old DVD case and taped it shut. Put that in a mailer and shipped it. Super-well protected!
